Coping in Good Times and Bad

Developing Fortitude

Erica Frydenberg

• Publisher: Melbourne University Press Digital
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9780522878806
• eBook ISBN: 9780522878813
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

No one thinks about how well they're coping with life's daily stresses, until they're not. Coping in Good Times and Bad brings together what we know about coping so we can create a life of health, joy, satisfaction, resilience and wellbeing. 'Coping' and 'resilience' have become very commonly used words, especially in our COVID-impacted world, but what we need is a template for a good life. Decades of research, teaching and professional practice have provided psychologist Erica Frydenberg with intimate insight into how and why we cope well and not so well, and practical ways of developing and refining our coping strategies. Integrating coping with key proven ideas in contemporary psychology, such as emotional intelligence, mindset, mindfulness and grit, she goes beyond focusing on particular kinds of crisis (trauma, relationship breakdown, anxiety), and addresses the need for a framework that strengthens us through life, in good times and bad.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword by Marc A Brackett
• Preface: Why I Wrote This Book
• 1 In Your Head: The Models You Carry
• 2 The Best You Can Be: Positive Psychology, Wellness and Wellbeing
• 3 From Stress to Coping
• 4 What Is Your Coping Repertoire?
• 5 The Best and the Worst: What We Know about Coping
• 6 Emotions at Your Service
• 7 Don’t Go Too Near the Edge
• 8 Personality and Coping
• 9 Living Together: Relationships Matter
• 10 Deeper Stuff: Religion, Spirituality, Hope, Mindfulness and Environments that Work
• 11 What We Have Learned and Continue to Learn
• Acknowledgements
• References
• Index